(Portage, IN) - A seven-year-old child from Chicago drowned in the southern tip of Lake Michigan in Portage yesterday.

 

According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, it appears the boy was playing in waist-deep water and, when making his way into deeper water, he apparently was caught in a current that pulled him further out.

 

A family member tried rescuing the boy before having lost sight of him.

 

Authorities said the boy was later found in Ogden Dunes and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

 

The name of the boy has not been released.